Mohammad Rafoqie
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By Muhammad Rafique Etesame
Almighty Allah Says in the Holy Quran,”And everything with Him is measured. He is The Knower of the invisible and the visible, the Great, the High exalted. (The Thunder:9)It means that every thing has a time limit, quantity, measurement, deferring . Nothing is above it. We see that the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, rise up in time and set up in time. Day and night, crops, four seasons are bound to the time. Actually, everything is flowing with in the stream of time and under the rule of time. Time is good and bad , it can makes a man a powerful king at the day and can apply him imprisonment at the same night. All is being done under the command of Allah Almighty, the most powerful King,Who Has a complete authority and control over all the Universe. Says in the Holy Qura'n,”
Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and He is Able to do all things. Who hath created life and death that He may try you, which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving.”(The Sovereighity:2)
Once, it was the time, when Hazrat Moses (A.S) went to the royal Court of The Pharoah (king of Egypt) and invited him to obey the command of Allah, but he refused to do so and claimed that he himself is the great“Rabb”(Lord of the world) and declared Hazrt Moses (A.S) as a magician. Then, it was the time again when he was drowning in the sea, he cried with full voice, “I had faith unto the real Lord of Moses and Haroon (A.S.).” But, now the time was not in favor him The Holy Quran reveals :-
And We brought the children of Israel across the sea and Pharoah with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression till, when the(fate of drowning overtook him, he exclaimed :I believe that there is no God save Him in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him) What! Now! When hitherto thou hast rebelled and been of the wrongdoers? But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayest be a portent for those after thee.Lo! Most of mankind are heedless of Our portents.”(Jonah:92)
It is said that his mummy is found safe till now in a Museum of Egypt.
When the time of anyone’s death comes, then a single moment does not go forward. Once, a king wanted to go abroad for hunting. He came out from his palace with pomp and show with his courtiers. When he went just a few footsteps ahead, a “beggar” took the rein of his horse and said to him that he wanted to say something. The king became very angry and asked him,” who are you to stop me and caught the rein of my horse?
He replied,” I am the man that no one can stop me to enter into any place in any time and it is no need for me to get permission from anyone . I am the angel of death (Izraeel A.S) and want to seize your soul. Now, the king trembled much with the fear of death and requested the angel to grant him some moments. The angel replied that even a single moment could not be allowed for him. Then the courtiers saw that the king fell down suddenly from his horse and died. Because his time was finished.
So, if anyone doesn’t care for his time, whether it is being wasted or not? Then the “stream of time” set him flow and his “story” will come to and end. They who don’t give the due respect to their time, then always will receive the deserved punishment. According to the teachings of Islam, two angels (Kiraman Katebeen) always live with every man. They write every action done by him during the twenty hours. A documentary proof is taking down for the reference of The Day of Judgment. When this” register of deeds” will give him, he will stand of the hair on end with fear. The Holy Quran reveals about it:-
“And the Book is placed, and thou seast the guilty fearful of that which is therein, and they say, What kind of a book is this that leaveth not a small thing nor a great thing but hath counted it! And they find all that they did confronting them, and thy Lord wrongeth no one.” (The Cave:49) So, it is then necessary for a man to make himself ready to face that time when all his friends, parents , seeds will not support him in any way